{"id":6733,"date":"2026-05-02T16:09:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T16:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetwistzone.com\/?p=6733"},"modified":"2026-05-02T16:09:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T16:09:52","slug":"breaking-news%f0%9f%9a%a8hakeem-jeffries-caves-to-far-left-demands-ahead-of-midtermssee-more%f0%9f%93%8d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetwistzone.com\/?p=6733","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS\ud83d\udea8Hakeem Jeffries Caves to Far-Left Demands Ahead of Midterms\u2026See More\ud83d\udccd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries celebrated Virginia\u2019s successful effort to pass a constitutional amendment allowing the state\u2019s majority Democrats to redraw several congressional districts to favor their party after putting a great deal of time and money into the effort.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\">\n<div id=\"interesting-usa.com_responsive_1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The vitory likely also provides Jeffries with some relief \u2013 and some motivation \u2013 after he faced somewhat of a rebellion from dozens of rank-and-file Democrats last month over differing ideas of what \u201cdue process\u201d looks like for now-former Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.).<\/p>\n<p>She resigned this week under pressure from the House Ethics Committee after the bipartisan panel cited her for two dozen violations following her previous federal indictment for allegedly embezzling millions in FEMA funding during the COVID pandemic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\">\n<div id=\"interesting-usa.com_responsive_2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cJeffries has staked much of his credibility as a party leader on the effort, pouring time, money and political capital into a nationwide push to create new blue districts as Republicans rush to do the same in red states,\u201d Politico reported this week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\">\n<div id=\"interesting-usa.com_responsive_3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following the Ethics findings, scores of Democrats expressed their opinion that Cherfilus-McCormick should resign from the House immediately, \u201cbut Jeffries and his leadership team have signaled they will continue to defend Cherfilus-McCormick until the resolution of her federal criminal trial,\u201d Axios reported last month.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jeffries \u201csaid it\u2019s not normal to have the Ethics Committee meeting [before the criminal trial]<\/h2>\n<p>Jeffries \u201csaid it\u2019s not normal to have the Ethics Committee meeting [before the criminal trial]<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries \u201csaid it\u2019s not normal to have the Ethics Committee meeting [before the criminal trial]. That normally, [the Department of] Justice asks for that to be postponed until after the trial,\u201d one lawmaker told Axios.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\">\n<div id=\"interesting-usa.com_responsive_4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, more and more Democratic candidates are telling Axios that they can\u2019t promise to support his leadership.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It\u2019s a big change from Jeffries\u2019 once \u201cuntouchable\u201d position in the Democratic Party just a few years ago<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s a big change from Jeffries\u2019 once \u201cuntouchable\u201d position in the Democratic Party just a few years ago. This could mean his path to the speakership will be harder than people thought, Axios noted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1939652\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jeffries and his supporters say they aren\u2019t worried at all about a mass defection<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries and his supporters say they aren\u2019t worried at all about a mass defection. They point out that he hasn\u2019t lost a Democratic vote in 20 speakers\u2019 ballots, even though he is in the minority.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Since then, things have only gotten worse for him<\/h2>\n<p>However, Axios reported last fall that more than 80 Democratic House candidates across the country were either not sure if they would support Jeffries\u2019 leadership or were completely against it. Since then, things have only gotten worse for him.<\/p>\n<p>Mai Vang, the leading progressive primary challenger to Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.), previously said she would \u201csupport the person that my future colleagues elect as our leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But in an unprompted statement last week, she told Axios: \u201cThe Democratic Party and its leadership\u2014Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries\u2014have failed to mobilize meaningful opposition to Trump\u2019s illegal war and their silence as AIPAC and corporations flood Congressional primaries with millions of dollars is deafening.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">But in an unprompted statement last week, she told Axios: \u201cThe Democratic Party and its leadership\u2014Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries\u2014have failed to mobilize meaningful opposition to Trump\u2019s illegal war and their silence as AIPAC and corporations flood Congressional primaries with millions of dollars is deafening.\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>But in an unprompted statement last week, she told Axios: \u201cThe Democratic Party and its leadership\u2014Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries\u2014have failed to mobilize meaningful opposition to Trump\u2019s illegal war and their silence as AIPAC and corporations flood Congressional primaries with millions of dollars is deafening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot support this kind of leadership,\u201d Vang said. \u201cIf we want to defeat Trump and rebuild trust with working Americans, we need new leadership and a new direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost Democrats agree that he\u2019s been failing to meet the moment,\u201d said Adam Hamawy, a candidate in New Jersey\u2019s 12th district, saying he is \u201clooking for someone that\u2019s gonna stand up to the administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When asked if she would support Jeffries\u2019 leadership, Claire Valdez, a New York State Assembly member who is running to replace retiring Rep<\/h2>\n<p>When asked if she would support Jeffries\u2019 leadership, Claire Valdez, a New York State Assembly member who is running to replace retiring Rep<\/p>\n<p>When asked if she would support Jeffries\u2019 leadership, Claire Valdez, a New York State Assembly member who is running to replace retiring Rep. Nydia Vel\u00e1zquez (D-N.Y.), said in an interview with Axios that \u201cthere would need to be some conversations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never met Leader Jeffries, I\u2019ve never had conversations with him,\u201d said Utah state Sen. Nate Blouin, the Congressional Progressive Caucus-backed candidate for a new, safely blue district in Salt Lake City.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blouin said he looks forward to \u201cvoting for someone who is committed to fighting for our communities, our shared priorities, making sure that we are moving in a direction that is aligned with the American people on foreign policy.\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Blouin said he looks forward to \u201cvoting for someone who is committed to fighting for our communities, our shared priorities, making sure that we are moving in a direction that is aligned with the American people on foreign policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I think those are critical concerns,\u201d he added<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think those are critical concerns,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries celebrated Virginia\u2019s successful effort to pass a constitutional amendment allowing the state\u2019s majority Democrats to redraw several congressional districts to favor their party after putting &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6734,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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